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Dr. Glenn D. Price is a Canadian conductor who teaches at the University of Calgary.
Dr. Price holds a B.Mus. from the University of Toronto and an M.Mus. and D.M.A. from the Eastman School of Music at Rochester University and has an international reputation as one of the leading conductors of his generation. An active conductor on the international scene, Price has conducted professional and student orchestras and wind ensembles throughout North America as well as in Europe, the United Kingdom, South America, the Middle East and Asia. He is the appointed Artistic Director for the International Youth Wind Orchestra, conducts the IMC Concert Orchestra and serves as the Conductor for the National Youth Wind Orchestra of Great Britain, where he is next scheduled to conduct in the summer of 2011. In addition to his appearances as a conductor, Dr. Price serves extensively as a prominent music educator, clinician, guest lecturer and speaker for a variety of professional organizations around the world.
Current engagements include appearances in England for the Cheltenham International Music Festival as Guest Conductor with the Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra, in Ireland for the International Youth Wind Orchestra, the Hong Kong Band Festival, the California Band Director's Association 50th Anniversary Conference, the American Bandmasters' Association and teaching the Conducting Masterclass for the Jungfrau Music Festival in Switzerland. He will appear with the top professional ensembles in both Argentina (the Banda Sinfonica de Cordoba) and China (The People's Liberation Army Band). In addition he will work with student groups in New York, California, Manitoba, Nova Scotia and Ontario.
He currently directs the University of Calgary Wind Ensemble.
References
- Dr. Price's faculty profile at University of Calgary website
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